Shrubs, semi-evergreen. Branchlets quadrangular when young but becoming subterete, hirsute. Petiole 3-6 mm, puberulent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, linear-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 6-13 × 2-2.8 cm, subleathery, base cuneate, apex obtuse to acuminate, both surfaces scabrous, abaxially hispidulous on veins and margin, adaxially light grayish green and with inconspicuous pubescence. Flowers solitary or rarely paired, small. Pedicel short. Tepals 15-17, yellowish; outer tepals elliptic, pubescent outside and on margin; median tepals linear, puberulous; inner tepals lanceolate, base clawed. Stamens 4 or 5. Carpels 6-8. Pseudocarp ovoid-ellipsoid to ellipsoid, 2.3-3.6 cm, constricted at apex. Achenes deep brown, oblong, 1-1.4 cm, puberulous. Fl. Aug-Oct, fr. May.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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